Statement by National Endowment for the Arts Chair Maria Rosario Jackson, PhD on National Disability Employment Awareness Month 

Statement by National Endowment for the Arts Chair Maria Rosario Jackson, Ph.D. on National Disability Employment Awareness Month

President Biden Issues Proclamation on National Arts and Humanities Month, Includes Executive Order to Promote the Arts, the Humanities, and Museum and Library Services

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President Joseph R. Biden issued a proclamation today designating October 2022 as National Arts and Humanities Month. In the proclamation, the President announced a new Executive Order that advances a whole-of-government policy for the arts, the humanities, and museum and library services, including the re-establishment of the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH) “to inform and support the national engagement with Americans necessary to advance the arts, the humanities, and museum and library services.”

NEA and GSA Collaborate to Expand Artist Access, Representation for Art in Architecture Commissions
 

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The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) are collaborating to increase awareness of GSA’s Art in Architecture program and to promote federal art commission opportunities for artists that reflect the diversity of communities across the nation.

NEA Announces the 2023 Recipients of NEA Jazz Masters Honors

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2023 NEA Jazz Masters (clockwise from top right): Regina Carter (photo by Jeff Dunn), Sue Mingus (Photo courtesy Mingus Archives), Kenny Garrett (photo by Jimmy Katz), Louis Hayes (photo by Janette Beckman)

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is pleased to announce the 2023 recipients of the NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship—musicians Regina Carter, Kenny Garrett, and Louis Hayes, as well as Sue Mingus, recipient of the 2023 A.B. Spellman NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship for Jazz Advocacy.

National Endowment for the Arts Announces 2022 NEA National Heritage Fellows

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2022 NEA National Heritage Fellows: (top) Michael Cleveland (photo by Amy Richmond), Eva Enciñias (photo courtesy of the National Institute of Flamenco), Excelsior Band (photo courtesy of Excelsior Band), Stanley Jacobs (photo courtesy of the artist), the Legendary Ingramettes (photo by Pat Jarrett), TahNibaa Naataanii (photo courtesy of the artist), Francis “Palani” Sinenci (photo courtesy of Holani Hana), Tsering Wangmo Satho (photo by Ames Catling), C. Brian Williams (photo by Jim Saah), Shaka Zulu (photo courtesy of the artist).

Announcing the 2022 NEA National Heritage Fellows

National Council on the Arts Public Meeting, Thursday, June 23, 2022

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The public is invited to the 207th meeting of the National Council on the Arts, which will take place virtually on Thursday, June 23, 2022, from 3:15pm to 4:30pm ET.

Announcing the 2022-2023 National Endowment for the Arts Big Read Communities

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The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), in partnership with Arts Midwest, is announcing support for 62 nonprofit organizations to hold NEA Big Read programming in 2022-2023.

Mia Ronn from California Named 2022 Poetry Out Loud National Champion

Mia Ronn reciting during 2022 Poetry Out Loud National Finals

2022 Poetry Out Loud National Champion Mia Ronn. Photo by 5:00 Films & Media

The National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation are pleased to share that Mia Ronn, a junior at the Archer School for Girls in Los Angeles, California, is the 2022 Poetry Out Loud™ National Champion.

National Endowment for the Arts Announces More Than $750,000 in Creative Forces Community Engagement Grants

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Hot Shop Hero student flameworking at Museum of Glass in Tacoma, Washington. Photo courtesy Museum of Glass (WA)

Twenty-six organizations nationwide to receive Creative Forces Community Engagement Grants in this inaugural round of funding

Blue Star Museums Launches Another Summer of Free Admission for Military Families

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Military families at Pearl Harbor National Memorial during a Blue Star Museums event in 2019. Photo by Brandyn Liu

The National Endowment for the Arts and Blue Star Families are pleased to announce the museums across America that will be participating in the Blue Star Museums program this summer, from May 21, 2022—Armed Forces Day—to September 5, 2022—Labor Day.
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